Classifications

• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • B60R16/00—Electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for; Arrangement of elements of electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for
  • B60R16/02—Electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for; Arrangement of elements of electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for electric constitutive elements
  • B60R16/0207—Wire harnesses

Definitions

• the invention relates to a cable guide for a flat cable or a flat cable connection to a vehicle door, wherein the cable connection between the relative to a vehicle chassis movable vehicle door on the one hand and the vehicle chassis or a substantially fixed to the vehicle chassis component on the other hand is provided, wherein between the vehicle door and the vehicle chassis or the component is arranged at least one seal
• the conventional design of the cable guide such a cable connection, in particular in the region of a hinge of the vehicle door requires partially the implementation of the cable through at least part of the vehicle door side body (ie in particular metal structural parts of the door) and / or the chassis-side body of the vehicle (in particular A-pillar, B-pillar or the like), which is associated with an increased installation effort in the assembly or final assembly of the vehicle door.
• DE 103 35 440 A1 discloses a door assembly for a motor vehicle having a wet room, a wiring harness and a seal, wherein the seal is arranged directly between the door assembly and a body-mounted part of the motor vehicle, the seal having a wet space from a drying space and wherein the wire harness is led out of an opening in the door assembly from the door assembly and is guided in the wet space in an opening in the body-mounted part. Threading the wiring harness both in the opening of the door assembly, as well as in the opening of the body-mounted part during assembly of the vehicle door disadvantageously causes a comparatively large and time-consuming assembly effort.
• this assembly effort is to be considerably simplified and made more cost-efficient by the novel design of the cable connection or cable guide and by the novel design of the cable itself.
• the object is achieved in that in a closed state of the vehicle door, the flat cable is arranged in a passage region of the seal between the seal and the vehicle door or that the flat cable is provided completely running on the interior side of the seal and / or another seal.
• the flat cable in the region of a sealing the vehicle door relative to the vehicle chassis seal is always provided between the seal and the vehicle door side body or vehicle-side (in particular metal) structural part or that the flat cable completely in the interior of the Vehicle is provided guided.
• the seal simultaneously acts both to seal the vehicle door, as well as to seal the cable gland. According to the second alternative, it is possible in this case to form the " flat cable without the need for special measures for the installation prone to splash water or rainwater, whereby an additional sealing of a cable feedthrough can also be achieved.
• the seal is also referred to as an inner seal and another seal as an outer seal.
• the seal on the vehicle door and / or on the flat cable is preferably provided fixed by means of a force, positive and / or cohesive connection, wherein the positive, positive and / or cohesive connection particularly preferably comprises a clamping connection and / or an adhesive connection.
• the seal in the feedthrough area is particularly advantageously ensured, so that substantially no moisture passes along the flat cable from the wet area to the drying area.
• the flat cable is additionally fixed in the lead-through area by fixing the seal.
• the flat cable is provided running from a vehicle door side and / or chassis practicalen drying area to a vehicle door side and / or chassis practicalen wet area
• the seal preferably for separating the wet area from the drying area and / or for the separation of a semi-dry area is provided by the dry area, so that a particularly advantageous connection of electrical and / or electronic components or consumers in the vehicle door with electrical components of the vehicle or a wiring harness of the vehicle without aesthetic impairment in the vehicle door area is made possible because the flat cable between the vehicle door and vehicle chassis runs in the wet area and is therefore not visible from the interior of the vehicle with a closed vehicle door.
• a further seal is arranged, preferably in a closed state of the vehicle door, the flat cable in a further implementation region of the further seal between the further seal and the Vehicle door arranged and wherein the further seal is particularly preferably arranged between the semi-dry area and the wet area and / or that the flat cable is provided extending from the vehicle door side and / or chassis side dry area to the vehicle door side and / or chassis side semi-dry area and / or that the flat cable from the vehicle door side and / or Chassis districten semi-dry area is provided extending to the vehicle door side and / or chassis devisen wet area.
• the leadership of the flat cable from the dry area over the semi-dry area to the wet area is particularly advantageous, with no additional seals for sealing the flat cable bushings are needed because the transition of the flat cable from dry room to semi-dry space a seal through the seal and the transition from the semi-dry space to the wet area a seal is made by the further seal.
• the flat cable in the lead-through region is mechanically firmly connected to the seal and / or in the further implementation region mechanically fixed to the further seal, wherein the respective mechanically strong connection preferably a cohesive connection and particularly preferably an adhesive connection comprises, so that a continuous fixation of the seal or the further seal is also ensured in the lead-through area or in the further implementation area.
• the vehicle door has a recess for guiding the flat cable in the feedthrough area and / or in the further feedthrough area, wherein the flat cable is preferably adhesively bonded in the recess.
• a substantially rectilinear course of the seal or of the further seal in the area of the lead-through area or of the further lead-through area is particularly advantageously made possible, so that, for example, the formation of a bulge of the seal or of the further seal by the flat cable is prevented.
• the seal in the lead-through area and / or the further seal in the further Implementation region has a passage recess and / or a passage opening for guiding the flat cable, so that particularly advantageous in a comparatively simple and cost-effective manner, a crossing of the seal and / or the further seal by the flat cable substantially perpendicular to the course of the seal and / or further seal is possible.
• the flat cable is sealed by the seal and / or further seal in the passage area and / or further passage area.
• the seal and / or the further seal is part of a door seal surrounding the door of the door, wherein the seal and / or the further seal is preferably arranged between joints of the rotating door seal.
• the circumferential seal is formed as an elongated flexible element, which is arranged together with the seal or the further seal to a fully closed form, wherein the closed mold is aligned in particular parallel to the door plane.
• the seal or further seal is arranged between the joints of the remaining peripheral seal, wherein the transition points between the ends of the seal or further seal with the joints are preferably welded and / or glued.
• the flat cable and the seal and / or the flat cable and the further seal are provided preassembled on a trim module or on the vehicle door.
• the assembly process is particularly simplified, since the threading of the flat cable into an opening of the door shell is not necessary when mounting the panel module on a door shell.
• the flat cable is provided running within the vehicle door side or chassis sectionen drying area, so that threading and sealing of the flat cable in a lead-through area between the drying room and Wet room and / or completely dryable between dry room and semi-dry room.
• a cable tensioning device for transmitting a mechanical tensile stress to the flat cable and / or that the flat cable is at least partially looped and / or meandering, so that the flat cable does not open when the vehicle door is opened the flat cable is exposed to damaging tensile stresses and at the same time the risk of pinching or buckling of the flat cable is reduced when closing the vehicle door.
• the flat cable for producing an electrically conductive connection between electrical and / or electronic components or consumers in the vehicle door, in particular on a subframe or a trim module of the vehicle door, with electrical components of the vehicle or a harness of the vehicle is provided.
• the electronic components are mounted on the subframe and covered by the cladding module to the vehicle interior, so that the assembly of the vehicle door by a modular construction of door shell, subframe and cladding module is comparatively easy and inexpensive to implement.
• Another object of the present invention is a vehicle door, a subframe or a trim module for a vehicle door with a cable guide or flat cable connection according to the invention.
• Figures 1 to 4 show schematic views of a cable guide according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
• Figures 5 to 7 show schematically . che views of a cable guide according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
• FIG. 8 shows a schematic view of a cable guide according to a third embodiment of the present invention
• Figures 9 to 12 are schematic views of a cable guide according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.
• Figures 13 and 14 are schematic views of a cable guide according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention.
• a vehicle or a motor vehicle 10 is shown schematically in side view.
• a vehicle door 12 and the rest of the vehicle 11, which in particular comprises a body or a vehicle chassis, are shown.
• the vehicle door 12 is provided movable relative to the vehicle chassis or to the rest of the vehicle 11.
• the vehicle door 12 is pivotally mounted (by means of a hinge) and / or longitudinally displaceable relative to the vehicle 11.
• the vehicle door 12 has, in particular, a trim module 13 and / or an assembly carrier 13.
• the vehicle door 12 is arranged in particular in the region of a so-called A-pillar 11 'or adjacent to the A-pillar 11', which in the example illustrated is the front vehicle door 12.
• the vehicle door 12 may also be a rear vehicle door 12 of the vehicle 10 (if any).
• the vehicle chassis is designated by the reference numeral 11.
• an (enlarged) sectional view is schematically illustrated along the section line X-X indicated in the left-hand part of FIG.
• the cutting line X-X is guided substantially horizontally.
• Vehicle door seals include a first outer seal 20 (also referred to as another seal 20) and a second inner seal 30 (also referred to as seal 30).
• the outer first seal 20 essentially seals the vehicle interior against moisture or spray water.
• the inner second seal 30 seals substantially for comfort purposes, in particular for acoustic comfort purposes.
• a semi-dry region 25 (in the region of dimension A) is provided between the first seal 20 and the second seal 30, a semi-dry region 25 (in the region of dimension A) is provided.
• a wet area 15 is provided outside the first seal 20 (ie, on the side of the first seal 20 facing away from the second seal 30). In the wet area 15 and the hinge 14 between the vehicle door 12 and the vehicle chassis 11 is arranged, if it is a pivoting vehicle door 12.
• a drying area 35 is provided within the second seal 30 (ie, on the side of the second seal 30 facing away from the first seal 20).
• a first embodiment of the cable guide of a flat cable 40 is shown schematically.
• the cable 40 extends from the drying area 35 through a passage area 31 of the second seal 30 into the semi-dry area 25 between the vehicle door 12 and the vehicle chassis 11.
• the second seal 30 is usually attached to the chassis side and does not move with the vehicle door 12.
• the flat cable 40 is then pressed against the vehicle door 12 by the second seal 30.
• the flat cable 40 is at least partially stretched and overcomes the stretching distance between its attachment point 41 on the vehicle door 12 and its attachment point 42 on the vehicle chassis 11 between the closed or closed state (see FIG and the open state (see Figure 2) of the vehicle door.
• the open state of the vehicle door 12 and the course of the cable guide 1 of the flat cable 40 are shown from another perspective.
• the flat cable 40 is provided in the form of a loop. Further possible loop courses and thus cable guides of the flat cable 40 are indicated in the right part of FIG.
• the stretching distance is essentially dependent on the radial distance between the attachment points 41 and 42 relative to the pivot point of the hinge and on the maximum opening pivot angle of the vehicle door 12.
• FIGS. 5 and 7 essentially show the open state of the vehicle door 12, and FIG. 6 shows the at least partially closed state of the vehicle door 12 and the cable guide 1 of the flat cable 40.
• a cable tension device may be a mechanical spring, for example a spiral spring , which provides a translational relative movement of the vehicle door 12 with respect to the flat cable 40 to overcome the stretching distance.
• a mechanical Aufrollmechanismuss be provided, such as in belt retractors in principle applies, with a rotational relative movement of the vehicle door 12 is provided relative to the flat cable 40 and a portion of the flat cable 40 to overcome the stretching distance.
• electrical or hydraulic cable tensioning devices may also be provided.
• the cable tensioning device can in this case also be provided in the chassis-side bodywork element, for example in the A-pillar.
• FIG. 8 shows a schematic illustration of a third embodiment of the cable guide 1 of the flat cable 40 in the area between the vehicle door 12 and the vehicle chassis 11 or the A pillar of the vehicle 10, the third embodiment being substantially similar to the first embodiment.
• the flat cable 40 extends into the wet area 15, i.
• the flat cable 40 always runs in the region of the first seal 20 between the chassis-side body and the vehicle-door-side body and therefore does not have to be guided in an assembly-friendly manner through approximately an opening of the vehicle-door-side body or a vehicle-door-side structural element become.
• FIGS. 9 to 13 show the cable guide 1 of the flat cable 40 in the region of the first seal 20 according to a fourth embodiment of the invention, wherein the fourth embodiment is substantially identical to the third embodiment.
• the cable guide 1 in this case provides that the flat cable 40 is guided in the sealing region 21 between the vehicle-door-side body or a vehicle-door-side structural element and the first seal 20.
• This can be done according to the invention, for example, in that a part of the first seal 20 is mounted together with the flat cable 40 on the vehicle door 12 and is embedded in the intended place in a recess 12 'in the vehicle door 12. This is shown in more detail in FIGS. 10 to 13.
• the first seal 20 is provided substantially around the entire vehicle door 12.
• a shock of the two ends of such a first seal 20 is conventionally provided, which is sealed during assembly, either by welding the opposite ends of the joint or by tapping by means of a (insertable in the provided as a hollow tube seal first seal) connecting element.
• a piece 43 of the first seal 20 is firmly connected to the flat cable 40 in the area of the flat cable 40 (FIGS. 10 and 12).
• This piece 43 is inserted during assembly of the vehicle door 12 in the according to the present invention according to the interrupted first seal 20 so that at the ends of the piece 43 of the first seal 20 results in a shock, which is sealed in a conventional manner.
• the implementation of the flat cable 40 is possible in an analogous manner to the second seal 30, but not shown in the figures.
• Figures 11 and 13 show the passage of the flat cable 40 between the first seal 20 and the vehicle door side body.
• FIG. 14 schematically shows a fifth embodiment of the cable guide according to the present invention.
• the flat cable 40 runs exclusively in the interior of the vehicle 10, ie on the side facing away from the hinge 14 sides of both seals 20, 30.
• a cable tensioning device can be provided in the same manner as according to the second embodiment ( Figures 5, 6 and 7).
• the second attachment point 42 of the flat cable 40 is not a chassis-side body element, such as the A-pillar or the B-pillar, but an interior component, in particular the instrument panel.
• the flat cable 40 is permanently connected to the subframe 13 or the cladding module 13 of the vehicle door prior to final assembly of the vehicle door 12 in accordance with a first assembly variant.
• the cladding module 13 (and thus the flat cable 40) immediately before (final) assembly the vehicle door 12 or during the (final) installation of the vehicle door 12 electrically connected or contacted, for example by means of a plug connection.
• the subframe comprises in a preassembled manner the largest possible number of units to be mounted in or on the vehicle door 12 and is used in the (end) assembly of the vehicle door 12 in this or connected thereto.
• the flat cable 40 is fixedly connected to an assembly carrier (not shown) of the vehicle door 12 before final assembly of the vehicle door 12.
• the subframe 13 Relative to electrical and / or electromechanical elements of the vehicle door 12 (for example switches, displays or the like) in the cladding module 13, the subframe 13 (and thus the flat cable 40) immediately before the (end) mounting of the vehicle door 12 or at the ( End-) mounting the vehicle door electrically connected or contacted, for example by means of a plug connection.

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